Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/11/15

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Ball- or 3 way-head
From: Steve Beyer <steve@beyerphoto.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2000 11:44:49 -0500
 
Hi Frank
    I am an ARCA Swiss B1 believer so I don't have any info but to answer
your why cant an engineer question, Gitzo has come up with  lighter heads
made out of magnesium.  Here is a quote from B&H web page.
 "Gitzo introduced Magnesium heads to the photographic industry, which offer
the advantage of being up to 20% lighter - and make perfect partners to
Gitzo Carbon tripods."





> Now the rant..... if you can knock 3 pounds off the weight of a tripod set
> of legs using carbon fiber, why can't some intelligent engineer make a
> similar reduction in the weight of a tripod head?  The things are made from
> steel.  A change to aluminum would seem better, and titanium, better yet!
> Rant over.
> 
> Frank Filippone
> red735i@earthlink.net
> 
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